Lyra_Lycan
@Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone
She/Her - Was bullied off reddit by mean moderators, but it’s a corporation anyway - 🏳️⚧️omni, heart - Pro kindness|gressiveness, Anti cruelty|bullshit.
- Comment on Spotify to raise prices in September 4 days ago:
I switched to Tidal when I realised their stream quality was, at the minimum, double Spotify, and cheaper. Then all the controversial shit about Spotty came out and I was just shaking my head disapprovingly from the balcony
- Comment on I have some very old CDs, mostly retro video games. Is there a way to pull the games and data off the CDs for preservation? 5 days ago:
Or $110 if you’re a moron like me
- Comment on "ok, imagine a gun." 6 days ago:
Well, for my world it’s interesting because the passenger seat is just that. But before the evolution of tech and everything else heavily affected travel, the front passenger seat held importance in that the one who sits there can assist in reading a map, adjusting the passenger wing mirror, monitoring the side directly while parking or other tight manoeuvres, emotional support for police stops, handling a drink so the driver can hydrate without endangering anyone, an extra pair of eyes on the less vital areas etc… Now these benefits of a primary passenger are almost nonexistent
- Comment on "ok, imagine a gun." 6 days ago:
Amazon and their copycats seem to be calling them ‘nailers’, probably because it’s easier to filter out the constructive guns from destructive, prohibited ones. But Amazon is evil so it’s probably unrelated
- Comment on What a shocker! 1 week ago:
- Comment on Play dead 1 week ago:
Can confirm aha, this is faithful reposting because other sources of the bear comic date back to at least 2006, but this blog is the best location. Comics may need Google Lens to enjoy aha
- Comment on it's called speedrunning, my dudes 1 week ago:
Petition to rename these beetles Lemmywinks
- Comment on Payment Processors Are Pressuring Major Gaming Vendors to Pull LGBTQ+ and NSFW Titles 2 weeks ago:
Clickbait doesn’t explain properly - the reason queer games were removed from Itch.io is because (and this is another issue) they were one of many who labeled anything LGBTQ+ as NSFW or adult-themed. They were still banning under 18s from learning and experiencing diverse life. Romance ≠ sexuality ≠ identity but slow people don’t understand that.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
There are many reasons why mentally mature people also find an interest in content designed for immature minds. The first of which that I can list, in regards to My Little Pony, especially Generation 4, is:
- That kids shows are chock full of moral lessons that everyone can benefit from.
- MLP may have more compelling drama plots per episode compared to ‘adult’ soap operas.
- The desire for a fantastical escape from a world that’s becoming increasingly negative.
- Psychologically I suspect the characters or settings were very relatable, perhaps in terms of innate desire to:
- Fit in (Twilight)
- Be happier and less depressed (Pinkie)
- Be useful to society/have a loving family (Applejack)
- Be peaceful/coexist with animals (Fluttershy)
- Be popular/cool/more confident (Rainbow)
- Have self-pride/be helpful to friends (Rarity)
- The fantastical idea that conflicts can be solved without violence.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Makes sense, as all services I’ve encountered that mention age in regards to data collecting imply that it’s illegal to harvest those under 13. Mobile games and other services would not harvest data if you state your age as well below 13, but the increasingly vast majority just say “we will be harvesting you; by clicking this button you confirm that you are over 13 years of age…”
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Maybe, maybe not. I recently watched a mini-documentary (The First Perfect Game of Tetris Just Happened) - this story is of a professional Tetris player who “beat” the game in 2023, aged 13.
- Comment on Slime Rancher 2 - Release Date and Physical Pre-Order Announcement 2 weeks ago:
Guys I need to ask something. The special physical edition of SR2 is hosted by iam8bit.com, and among the bonus material is something they call an “O-sleeve” -
ImageAside from sex toys or armwear I have no clue what this could be. Searching it hasn’t clarified anything. Does anyone here know what an O-sleeve is?
- Comment on Come on Ezri, let's go party 2 weeks ago:
“Of course it’s all in your head, Harry, but who’s to say it isn’t real?” - Albus P.W.B. Dumbledore
I have a theory that reality and worlds are objective. For example, two people can look at the same item and see different things. Everyone’s worldview is a current perception based on their experiences, and what stories they’ve acquired defines what kind of stories they see in, say, a statue of a cat. Person one may have fond memories of felines and see the statue as a wonderful symbolism of pride and agility. Person two may just see a statue, cold and disrespecting to the nature of a warm-blooded animal. The statue is in the shared reality. The idea of the statue for both people are both real, but not shared. Thus, two realities.
For an optimist, their world is pretty and full of opportunity. For a pessimist, their world is a blend of grey and full of cruelty. Both worlds are real, but only in the view of the individual. Experiences shape perception. Perception shapes shared reality into an individual reality.
Take someone who has hallucinations of creatures imposed on the shared reality by their mind. To them, the hallucinations happen. They are, for them, real. But whether they are the person’s reality depends on if they perceive the hallucinations as real.
- Comment on UK households could face VPN 'ban' after use skyrockets following Online Safety Bill 2 weeks ago:
There will always be a way to bypass laws that do not serve the people.
- Comment on preferences 2 weeks ago:
I shouldn’t be surprised that most here don’t seem to realise that’s not a ‘greater than’ sign
- Comment on Meet the Pro-Israel Lawyers Hounding the NHS 2 weeks ago:
Accusations of antisemitism are a joke. True antisemites attack all Jews.
Everyone, do not be afraid to speak. Show your support for the good and kind in this world, and reject the oppressive governing bodies while you still can. The UK people shall refuse to become a Jewish State. Support Palestine and Palestine Action publicly.
- Comment on The european mind can't comprehend this 2 weeks ago:
Tried running away from my house one time when I was about 12, my stepfather was 400+lbs and closed the distance to my flat-out pretty damn quick. Only got ~20m
- Comment on What is the point of this exactly? 2 weeks ago:
Honesty is the best policy, after all. The only problem is some of those marked as sex offenders are innocent and don’t deserve to be hunted and killed by the vigilantes this list would inspire.
- Comment on Who Goes There? (by Klottinen) 2 weeks ago:
Loose lips sink ships, apparently
- Comment on Hackers prove age verification systems on pornography sites can be bypassed in seconds 2 weeks ago:
Britain’s government spends an insane amount of money to combat what they claim is benefit fraud, taking actions that hurt real claimants far more than fraudulent ones, in the form of reducing or removing the payments. We’re very used to this kind of waste.
- Comment on Hackers prove age verification systems on pornography sites can be bypassed in seconds 2 weeks ago:
Conservatives are basically terrorists
- Comment on Rule34 blocked the UK entirely rather than comply due to the new law. 2 weeks ago:
Ah, that makes sense. My one isn’t blocked but it looks basically identical
- Comment on Last Epoch developer Eleventh Hour Games gets acquired by KRAFTON 2 weeks ago:
Alright who tf is Krafton and why are they colonising all of a sudden
(rhetorical - I’ll be researching them later)
- Comment on A 2,600-Year-Sealed Etruscan Tomb Found Intact with Ceramics, Weapons, and Silver Objects 3 weeks ago:
All this time and countries’ archaeological pursuits are still led by the British lmao
- Comment on Descenders Next | Release Trailer 3 weeks ago:
Cool! Finally a worthy successor to Steep?
- Comment on Japan’s gov’t loses upper house control, as far-right party makes gains 3 weeks ago:
When will people learn that the current definition of ‘far right’ costs far too much to outweigh any claim of solutions. The west is proving that now, that ‘right’ only means destruction of anything good.
- Comment on NASA-Funded Greenland Survey Reveals ‘Crazy’ Amounts Of Ocean Warming 3 weeks ago:
Britney Schmidt must have completely ignored all the other results of Arctic surveys over the past thirty years, because this is perfectly in line with the other findings.
- Comment on Racism. Nationalism. Patriotism. All must die. 3 weeks ago:
I miss when I could be ignorant, or oblivious to widespread issues. Some people focus on their own lives because caring for others is too much to handle, and some people regress to a younger mental state, or ‘little’ mode to escape their present, and I don’t blame them.
Hoarding biscuits and cookies in my room and eating some after school, while watching glitchy Freeview channels on the ~12inch CRT at the end of my bed, via a cheap indoor aerial. CBBC if I was lucky.
- Comment on credit bureaus are fucking nonsense 4 weeks ago:
I tried keeping a lower credit score by making deals with demons and acquiring credit cards. The reason is I’ve heard having a higher score improves interest and mortgage rates for a home. Problem is, in my area at least, my credit only affects my score if I exceed £15,001 cumulative limit, and if I consistently use between 25% and 50% of said limit, constantly having loans of £3,750-£7,500. Being unemployed and finding it VERY hard to accept the prospect of corporate servitude, I will never have £15,000 in credit availability. Thus, I accepted that anything credit score is all bullshit and not even feasible.
- Comment on Just blocked hexbear 4 weeks ago:
Does this mean that being willing to eradicate people for the greater good of humanity (far left) is not the same as being willing to eradicate people for the greater good of a secular minority (far right)?
